Roaring 20s
The Great Depression & the 1930s
WWII & the 1940s
1950s/1960s
Jokes
100

This event is known as “Black Thursday” and began the Great Depression.

What is the stock market crash?

100

A shanty town built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s named after President Hoover.

What is a Hooverville?

100

This was the day that U.S. troops land in Normandy, France to fight in Europe till war’s end.

What is D-Day?

100

A1952 American musical-romantic comedy film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. 



What is Singing in the Rain?

100

Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

At the bottom!

200

This man played baseball on the Boston Red Sox for 22 season and was nicknamed “The Great Bambino.”

What is Babe Ruth?

200

This man was a dictator that rose to power in Germany during this time period.

What is Adolf Hitler?

200

This U.S. place was bombed by Japanese on December 7, 1941.

What is Pearl Harbor?

200

An American actress, model, and singer famous for being in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire.

Who is Marilyn Monroe?

200

What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?

 A coat of paint!

300

This man was famous for silent films in the 1920s such as “The Kid” and “A Woman in Paris.”

What is Charlie Chaplin?

300

Famous bank robbers who went on bank-robbing spree in 1934.

What is Bonnie and Clyde?

300

This woman icon said “We Can Do It” and represented the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II.

What is Rosie the Riverter?

300

A British actress, model, and dancer most famous for her role in Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

What is Audrey Hepburn?

300

What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?

A deck of playing cards!

400

This was the name for criminals who smuggled illegal alcohol during the Prohibition.

What is a Bootlegger?

400

This man was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing" and for his famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert.  

What is Benny Goodman?

400

A 1946 American Christmas movie where the main character George was visited by his guardian angel Clarence to see all of the lives he has touched in Bedford Falls. 



What is “It’s a Wonderful Life?”

400

An English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 and sang “I Want To Hold Your Hand.”

 What is The Beatles?

400

What building has the most stories?

 A library!

500

A generation of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and did whatever they said was “acceptable behavior.”

 What is a flapper?

500

Disney release this animated film about a princess and her 7 dwarfs. 


What is Snow White?

500

A 1942 American romantic drama film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. 



What is Casablanca?

500

He served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

What is John F. Kennedy?

500

What did zero say to eight?

Nice belt!